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Tuesday. 12.26.06 9:56 am
I've always suspected that my father is a little bit shady. Oh, he thinks he can fool me with his Volvo and his golfing. But anyone who was so proud of a letter from the government advising him not to leave the country that he wanted to frame it should be watched.

As always, I was right.

A couple of days ago, I joined my father for dinner with some old friends of his. And as you do with friends from three decades ago, they started reminiscing about the things they used to get up to. At first it was little things like how they used to sneak up to the roof for drinking sessions and do you remember your first car, the one with the detachable gearbox? It was fun to learn these little tidbits about my father's past.

Then they started addressing my father as "tai kor" (literal translation - "big brother"; also slang for "senior gangsta"). Now this could be taken in two ways - 1. They were just acknowledging his status of being two years older than everyone else; 2. My father used to be in a gang.

Next thing I knew, they were laughing about the time two of the group were arrested (mistaken identity, or so they claim).

Ha ha...christ, it's probably #2.

But there were still deeper, darker secrets to reveal. Near the end of the night, someone piped up, "Hey, have you heard about the time your dad set fire to a shop?" No, I hadn't. Do tell. Apparently, they'd been mucking about with fireworks when one went off in the wrong direction and zoomed right into a shop. The shop promptly went up in flames and they promptly fled the scene. A little dishonest, but fair enough given the circumstances. Then it transpired that they didn't stop there. Not long after that, they did the same thing again to an abandoned house.

My father maintains that both incidents were accidents. But honestly, how much can you trust these criminals?

Still, it does make for damn good leverage:

Dad: You came home at 4am this morning. I really think that's a bit too late.
Me: You set fire to a shop AND a house. Do you honestly want to compare?
Dad: ...abandoned house.


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Wow to the picture and your dad.. Er.. Maybe he's decided to let you in a little on his past.. but not all.. he'll tell you about it.. have you tried asking him?
» Nuttz on 2006-12-25 11:31:33

Nuttz: Asked him? I interrogated him! But he laughed it off and denied everything.
» theZEBRA on 2006-12-26 02:53:16

If that's what he gets for hanging out with buddies who are all two years younger, I shudder to imagine what it would be like if his friends were all 5 years older...
» (218.208.194.207) on 2006-12-26 03:14:40

argh. That was me. Always need to get used to your code verification thingy when i want to post a comment here...
» Laynie (218.208.194.207) on 2006-12-26 03:15:30

Time for you to rejoin the famili
Hello, you have been missing for too long a time. no? So . . . your father has seen you come back late, no? Aha, you must be back in Malaysia, yes? So . . . we shall meet, eh? My holidays are far and few between, hoho?
» Kuan Eng (60.48.222.9) on 2006-12-26 04:52:53

wah, gangster big time ah. wahlau. when i need help, i go ask your dad lar.

(and yes, i got those untiffs. so... pretty.)
» bUttsH4k3r (218.111.64.4) on 2006-12-26 05:55:24

Laynie: You can join bUttsH4k3r's gang of baboon victims. Ho ho ho!

KE: Oui oui, c'est vrai! Hooray hooray, see ya tonight!

bUttsH4k3r: Boo hoo hoo, you left me alone in shoeless hell. T_T
» theZEBRA on 2006-12-26 06:07:03

Haha, leverage! If only I had that kind of luck...>.> Too bad he didn't think to teach you some of his tricks. That would have been awesome. ('-^)=b
» Silver-dot- on 2006-12-26 08:09:16

Silver-dot: I'm sure I can come up with some of my own. ;)
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